Sunday, November 11, 2007

Indian Chinesisms

A certain amount of fakery going on in these names:Oh Ya - soya sauce brand (the manufacturer is Sil / Marico)Ya Hoo - Chinese takeaway near Khar SubwayChing Ki Shak - Chinese restaurant or takeaway, can't remember locationAll of the above were seen around Mumbai.

For the record, I don't think Indian Chinese food is fakery in the sense of trying to pass off something as what it's not; it's just a creative adaptation to a different cultural context, like, er... like Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet:P